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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were laws enacted to make involuntary commitment to a mental institution more difficult?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1950s and 1960s.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1960s and 1970s.

2. In Chapter 7, how many states enacted laws that gave victims specific right to participate in the trial process or to make a victim impact statement?
(a) 36.
(b) 39.
(c) 42.
(d) 27.

3. How long after Ronda Morrison's murder was McMillian's truck converted to a low-rider?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 1 year.

4. Where did Michael O'Connor go to law school?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University of Iowa.
(c) University of Colorado.
(d) Yale.

5. Who was the mechanic that modified McMillian's truck?
(a) Clay Kast.
(b) David Wright.
(c) Thomas Buckley.
(d) Vernon Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time McMillian was on death row, how many men had he seen leave for execution?

2. When was the Alabama Judicial Building built?

3. How many children did Walter Garnett have?

4. Where was Myers imprisoned in Chapter 7?

5. Where did O'Connor move to in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Sullivan like in 1989, and what was his home life like?

2. In Chapter 9, what did Judge Norton say about the length of the Rule 32 hearing?

3. What was Michael O'Connor's background?

4. Why was Trina Garnett arrested for?

5. What was Joe Sullivan indicted for and why?

6. What campaign was lead by Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Wright in the late nineteenth century?

7. In Chapter 11, why was Stevenson optimistic about what evidence in the McMillian case might accomplish in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals?

8. What was eventually discovered about the doctor who declared George Daniel sane to stand trial for murder?

9. Who was hired as a paralegal in Chapter 9?

10. Why was George Stinney executed?

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